BENNZI Minitreehouse Figure by Nathan Jurevicius

We have just announced, and have posted pics & info about BENNZI, the next elaborate vinyl figure from the Minitreehouse series by Nathan Jurevicius! Bennzi is the swamp traffic controller, who on his days off is an expert practitioner of yoga. Like Naal and the other upcoming minitreehouse vinyl toys, BENNZI comes with over a dozen accessories for two different outfits, plus a small congregation of crocodiles.

Bennzi in Blue will be released in July, and STRANGEco will be offering the special glow in the dark NIGHT EDITION at our booth at the San Diego Comic Con, July 20-22, 2006. The world premiere of all three will be there, too.

Here's a link with all the information about Bennzi; feel free to use these images or email us back if you'd like higher resolution images for print. I have also attached a picture of the NIGHT EDITION BENNZI and the NIGHT EDITION NAAL, which will both be available at the San Diego Comic Con next month.

Coming up in December, Kaiju takes over the double punch gallery space with four of the popular Kaiju makers and collaborators – SUNGUTS, MAX TOY COMPANY, DEAD PRESIDENTS, and DREAM ROCKETS! Yajima-san from Dream Rockets, Ichimiya-san from Sunguts, Matt Walker from Dead Presidents designs and Mark Nagata from Max Toy Company will be there IN PERSON with customs, originals, and 100% japanese goodness.

Now, 100 years after his birth, the world is just waking up to what a visionary Raymond Scott really was. With a Web site and 2 CD / Book release out, we could not think of a better way to commemorate Raymond Scott's life than with his very own Action Figure.

Vegetius stands 12 inches tall and is made out of translucent blue glitter soft vinyl. Made in Japan by the master craftsmen at Marmit, Vegetius has 5 points of articulation and is limited to 50 pieces.

Vegetius is one of the many giant monsters that take part in the Boston-based Kaiju Big Battel, a series of live action-monster wrestling events. He is the most beast-like creature of the Battel and no man or monster can control him around food.

This color scheme is meant to evoke the harsh, cold winter of the New England region, home to both CollectionDX and Kaiju Big Battel. The blue vinyl is translucent with metallic flakes; a color mixed exclusively for CollectionDX. This color has never been done by Marmit before.

Nor'easter ver. Vegetius is available NOW in the CollectionDX shop for $65

The figure comes bagged with a header card featuring art by CollectionDX’s own JoshB.

About CollectionDX LLC

Located in Northern Massachusetts, CollectionDX LLC (CollectionDX) is one of the most popular sources of information about Japanese Robots, Monsters, Space toys and other otaku fixations on the web. In addition to
the highly trafficked web site, CollectionDX also produces audio and video, exclusive toys, apparel and babies. Lots and lots of babies.

CollectionDX founder Joshua Bernard co-authored the 2007 book Tokyo Underground: Toy and Design Culture in Tokyo, which is pretty hard to come across these days. Visit CollectionDX at http://www.collectiondx.com

About Studio Kaiju

Studio Kaiju, an independent Boston-based performance and media group, is the creator of Kaiju Big Battel, the world's only live monster mayhem spectacle. Producer of consistently sold-out events, Studio Kaiju is best known for its live tournament-style performances, which are a character driven, tongue-in-cheek hybrid of American pro-wrestling, Japanese monster-movies, and lowbrow pop-culture. Visit Studio Kaiju at http://www.kaiju.com